1) On January First, 2017, Cuba will celebrate the 58 Anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.

2) On January Second, 2017, Cuba will stage a massive military parade to commemorate the 60 Anniversary of the Granma landing of December Second, 1956. It had to be postponed because the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro passed away on November 25, 2016.

The parade will be transmitted live by CubaVision & CubaVision Internacional.

The military parade will start at 7:00 am, according to an article that was published this morning in Granma.

For more information, in Spanish, visit Granma.

If I find a signal that does not break up constantly, I will publish it here in Cuba Journal.

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

So much was happening on the 26 & 27 of November, 2016. One day earlier, former Cuban President Fidel Castro had died.I was in a state of shock and so were so many people. The quotation that I had attributed to Bernie Sanders, in a Tweet, was never spoken by him. It was a URL of right-wing Breitbart.com. My mistake.The words were spoken by a woman in CNN that goes by the name of Dana Bash.She asked Senator Sanders the following question:

BASH: Let me start with Cuba. In President Obama’s statement on Fidel Castro’s death he said we offer condolences to Fidel Castro’s family and our thoughts and prayers are with the Cuban people. Is it appropriate for the leader of the free world to offer condolences for a brutal dictator that killed his own people as well as Americans.

She is the one that called Fidel Castro a brutal dictator.

She is a dumb BIMBO. Did you hear that lady? You are a dumb BIMBO.

Her "question" was picked up by the right-wing outfit Breitbart.com. Of course.

Bernie Sanders answered the question very correctly, like the decent human being that he has always been. The mistake was solely on the part of the publisher/editor of Cuba Journal

SANDERS: What we’ve seen in the last number of years is an improved relationship between the United States of America and Cuba. United States of America has relations with China, we’ve had relation with brutal dictatorships all over the world. The goal is now to improve our relationship with people of Cuba, to do what we can to improve their economy and to make sure that the younger generation does better than their older generation.

BASH: So, you’re OK with him offering condolences, if you were president would you have said something similar.

SANDERS: Yeah. Yes, I would have.

JG: My sincere apology to U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders for my mistake.

But I am still a little upset over his endorsement of dishonest and corrupt Hillary Clinton.

I blame the Democratic Party for what happened on November 8. The Dems had a very bad candidate for President of the United States. And the MSM, CNN, and Dana Bash, don't know shit. Bernie Sanders would have defeated Trump.

What the Americans still do not seem to understand is that the Cubans run the island, not a corrupt brutal dictator supported by American imperialism.

Cuba does not have a perfect government, but both Fidel & Raul were, and are, much better than Fulgencio Batista.

Monday, December 26, 2016

The Associated Press is returning its Caribbean base of operations to Cuba.

Cuba, the largest country in the Caribbean, housed the news service's central offices for the region until 1961. The AP was forced to leave after the botched Bay of Pigs invasion. It reopened a Cuba office in 1999. (The Hill)

JG: I hope that Cuban President Raul Castro does not sell his soul to the Yankee imperialists.#I_StandWith CubaAs long as the Yankees keep the Cuba embargo in the law books of the United States, Cuba SHOULD NOT make any concessions to vulgar Donald Trump.

The United States on Friday allowed the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements, defying pressure from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Israel and some U.S. lawmakers who urged Washington to wield its veto.

An abstention by the United States paved the way for the 15-member council to approve the resolution, with 14 votes in favor, to a round of applause. (Reuters)

Thursday, December 22, 2016

“The Social Security Administration
says that U.S. citizens living outside the United States may continue
to receive retirement payments “as long as you are eligible for
payment and you are in a country where we can send payments.”

Not true.

I would like to return to live in the
country where I was born, Cuba.

But, U.S. government regulations and/or
laws state that if I go to live in China, Vietnam or Cuba, my Social
Security pension is automatically confiscated by the U.S. Government, bloody bastards that they are. They hate communism as hard as the Nazis
hated the Jews in Germany.

So, right now I am stuck living in a country I
dislike.

Canada is too cold for me. Currently I
am considering moving to Valencia, Spain, a city where my father was
born. I would be able to collect my Social Security pension there.

So, if CalExit goes into effect, and the U.S. Congress passes a law saying that people living in the Republic of California are no longer eligible to collect SS benefits, the citizens of the Republic of California will be royally fucked by U.S. capitalists.

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Supporters of Californian independence have taken the first real step towards secession from the US, submitting a ballot proposal to the state attorney general. Should the option garner enough support, 'Calexit' might become an issue.

A group called ‘Yes California Independence Campaign’ filed their proposal with the attorney general’s office, asking to “prepare a circulating title and summary of the enclosed ballot measure: "Calexit: The California Independence Plebiscite of 2019.”

Secession supporters want to repeal the California Constitution’s wording as well as offer a “yes/no” question on California’s independence.

“In the Spring of 2019, Californians will go to the polls in a historic vote to decide by referendum if California should exit the Union, a #Calexit vote,” the group said on its website.

Before 2019, however, the idea must garner enough preliminary support via the November 2018 ballot. Under the group’s proposal, the Golden State would be cut loose if 50 percent of voters cast ballots and at least 55 percent of them support Calexit. In that case, they also want the “newly-independent Republic of California” to be able to join the United Nations.

For the separation vote to take place at all, the group first needs to make sure that the state’s constitution is changed.

As of now, Article III, Section 1 of the California Constitution reads that California is “an inseparable part” of the US, meaning that the so-called Calexit, a take-off of the British Brexit anti-EU vote, is illegal in the first place. This is what Yes California Independence Campaign wants to change and, thus, clear a path to independence.

Still, the group needs nearly a half-million signatures for the referendum to appear on the November 2018 gubernatorial ballot. It is now asking people to sign a petition for the vote be established.

JG: A better world is possible. I encourage the readers of Cuba Journal to explore alternative political parties in the USA. Green Party, USA and Green Party of Florida & the Libertarian Party are good alternatives to the corruption of the Democratic & Republican Capitalist Parties.

The European Union has signed a historic deal with Cuba on political dialogue and cooperation, according to the EU Council. Cuba was the only Latin American country to lack such an agreement with the 28-member bloc.

The deal was signed on Monday by the heads of EU member states, along with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla.

"Economic links with Europe will continue to be a priority for Cuba as we build a socialist economy," Parrilla said on Monday, as quoted by AFP. He added that the agreement "demonstrates that with good will and respect it is possible to make progress and resolve differences.https://www.rt.com/news/369983-cuba-eu-deal-dialogue/

Friday, December 09, 2016

The deal is designed to help Cuba "respond to modern challenges” and extends the historical partnership between the two countries.

Cuba and Russia signed a new defense technology agreement Thursday evening which will increase cooperation and help modernize Cuba’s armed forces until 2020.

The deal signed in Havana further adds to Russia's historical assistance of the socialist nation. The deal was signed at the Russian-Cuban intergovernmental commission in Havana by Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.

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